HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  January  26th,  I8G4.— La^ 
on  the  table  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

(Presented  by  the  Chair.] 


i^RooEEiDiisra-s 


OF 


A  MEETING  OF  OFFICERS  AND  MEN 

OF  THE  154TH  SR.  TENfN.  REGIMENT. 


Camp  154th  Senior  Regimfnt  Tennessee  Volunteers,  ) 
Near  Dalton,   Ga.,  January  1-4,   1864.  S 

At  a  meeting  of  the  officers  and  men  of  this  regiment,  held  to-day, 
Colonel  M.  Magevenev,  Jr.,  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  Lieutenant 
W.  R.  Lucas  was  appointed  secretary.  ,        ,  • 

In  a  few  appropriate  remarks  the  colonel  stated  the  object  ot  th- 

meeting.  ^  .  ,  .   ,    , 

Upon  motion,  a  committee  of  one  from  each  company  was  appointed 

to  draft  suitable   resolutions  expressive  of  the  sense  of  the  regi- 

The  committee  then  retired,  and  in  a  few  minutes  reported  the  fol- 
lowing preamble  and  lesolutious :  ■•      •  i 

Whereas,  the  present  exigencies  of  the  service  render  it  extremely 
precarious  to  hazard  its  defence  by  the  withdrawal  of  its  old  troops 
from  the  array  at  the  expiration  of  their  term  ot  service ;  and 
whereas,  Congress,  in  view  of  these  facts,  is  now  maturing  legislation 
for  the  retention  of  old  organizations  in  the  field  ;  and  whereas,  in 
our  opinion,  to  give  up  fighting  now,  by  the  old  troops,  would  be  a 
concession  on  their  part  that  the  cause  is  hopeless  ;  and  whereas,  we, 
the  members  of  the  one  hundred  and  fitty-fourth  senior  regiment 
Tennessee  volunteers,  {the  senior  or^amzatwn  of  Tenntss^e  volunteers,) 


believe  the  struggle  in  which  we  a,re  eugaged,  to  be  a  holy  and  sacred 
one,  in  which  it  is  the  bounden  duty  of  every  true  man  to  take  part 
and  continue  in  until  freedom  is  won :    Therefore, 

Resoh'd,  That  though  >ve  believe  the  intention  at  our  re-enlist- 
ment in  May.  1S62,  would,  if  executed,  expire  our  term  of  service  ou 
the  Nth  of  Mar  next,  we  are  determined  not  to  abandon  the  field 
until  the  laat  of  the  vandal  invaders  are  driven  from  our  soil,  or  w« 
are  compelled  to  substitutir  foi-  liberty  au  honorably  abode  in  a  sol- 
dier's grave. 

Resolv<d,  That  we  are  prepared  to  couour  in  any  legislatiuu  thai 
Congress  may  devise  for  the  bettor  organization  of  the  military  estab- 
lishment of  the  country  to  the  end  that  the  results  of  the  contest  mav 
be  in  no  doubt. 

Resolved,  That  we  think  justice  to  the  old  troops  requires  that  their 
old  organizations  should  be  preserved  in  tact,  and,  if  not  incompatible 
with  the  public  interest,  we  should  request  that  Congress,  in  framing 
its  legislation,  preserve  to  us  our  respective  organizations,  so  essen- 
tial to  the  preservation  of  whatever  historic  character  it  may  have 
been  our  fortune  to  have  earned. 

Resolved,  That  the  one  hundred  and  lifty-fourth  senior  regiment 
Tennessee  volunteers  tender  their  services  to  the  country  as  long  as 
its  exigencies  may  need  them,  and  that  the  colonel  of  this  regiment 
communicate  to  the  Presidest  and  to  Congress  these  resolutions. 

'Every  member  of  the  regiment  was  present   at   the    meeting  when 
the  resolutions  were  put  and  unanimously  passed. 

Upon  motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 

M.  MAGEVENEY,  Jr.,  Chairman. 

W.  R.  Lucas,  Secretary. 


To  Hon.  Thos.  S.  Bocock,  Richmond,  Va. : 

I  respectfully  communicate  the  foregoing  resolutions,  adopted 
unanimously  by  my  command,  on  the  evening  of  January  14th, 
1864. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant. 

M.  MAGEVENEY,  Jr., 
Col.  comd'g  1 54th  6V.  Te7i7i.  •regiment. 


